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VEHICLE SPRING UOUPLING'. I No. 350,282. Patented 0011.5,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF -ICE.

FREDERICK W. WURSTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-SPRING COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,282, dated October5, 1886.

' Application filed April 3, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. WURs- TER, of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedVehicleSpring Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the clips,yokes, and clipplates by which acarriage-spring is ordinarily attachedto the body of the vehicle, its object being to facilitate theattachment of the spring and improve the construction of the coupling.

The invention consists in the combination, with a clip-plate providedwith countersinks to receive the closed ends of the U bolts or clips, ofyokes uniting the arms of the clips below the spring, and ofclamping-nuts on the clip-arms, all as hereinafter described.

The invention also consists in details of construction and combinationsof parts, as herein specified.

Reference is to be had to drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding'parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved spring-coupling. Fig. 2isa central longitudinal section of the same attached to the wagon-body.Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View on the line :20 m, Fig. 2.

The clip-plate A, which is attached to the wagon-body O by bolts passedthrough the bolt-holes a, in the usual manner, is formed on its upperside with the elongated transverse countersinks B, and on its lower sidewith corresponding beads, D, so as not to decrease the strength of theclip-plate. The countersinks B are formed with apertures b at each end,through which are passed the parallel arms E of the U bolts or clips E,the cross-bars of which are received in the countersinks B, so as to beflush with the upper surface of the clip-plate A. The arms E of eachclip embrace the sides of the plates F, constituting the spring, and areunited at their lower ends by the yoke G, between which and the bead Dthe accompanying Serial N 0. 197,619. (No model.)

the springplates F are firmly clamped by means of the nuts H, screwed 0nthe outer ends of the arms E. The upper plate, F, of the springv is heldin position by the pointed stud d on each bead D being forced into itsupper side, and between the adjacent spring-plates are placed the crossstrips or leaves I, held in place by their end recesses engaging the opposite clip-arms E, the slight play between the spring-plates thusprovided for making an extremely live spring. With this construction theclip-plate A, carrying the spring, can be attached directly to thevehicle-body without previously preparingrece'sses therein, as has beenthe usual custom, to receive the clips, which have heretofore projectedabove the clip-plate. Further, the upper plate, F, being fulcrumed, asit were, on the rounded beads D, it is allowed more play, thusincreasing the elasticity of the spring.

The combination of clip-plates, clips, and yokes in a spring-coupling Ido not broadly claim as my invention; neither do I claim theinterposition of the leaves I between the springplates F; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vehicle-spring coupling composed of the clip plate A, havingelongated countersinks B and corresponding beads,D, the clips E,received in the counter-sinks B and embracing the spring, the yokes G,and the clampingnuts H, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the vehicle-body, of the clip-plate A, havingelongated countersinks B, beads D, and pointed studs 12, the clips E,received in the countersinks B, the springplates F, embraced by theclip-arms E and separated by the leaves the nuts H, substantiallyscribed.

I, the yokes G, and as shown and de- F. W. WURsTER.

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